The Gene Sarazen Jun Classic, sometimes shortened to Jun Classic, was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1977 to 1999. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1978. It was named in honour of Gene Sarazen, and played at the Jun Classic Country Club and the Rope Club in Tochigi Prefecture.
Tournament hosts Year(s)Host courseLocation 1977–1989, 1995–1996, 1999 Jun Classic Country Club Ogawa, Tochigi 1990–1994, 1997–1998 Rope Club Shioya, Tochigi
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upGene Sarazen Jun Classic 1999 Hajime Meshiai 277 −11 Playoff Hirofumi Miyase 1998 Todd Hamilton 270 −18 2 strokes Craig Parry 1997 Eduardo Herrera 276 −12 1 stroke Toshiaki Odate 1996 Masashi Ozaki (5) 197 −19 6 strokes Takaaki Fukuzawa 1995 Satoshi Higashi 270 −18 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki 1994 Carlos Franco 272 −16 2 strokes Tsuneyuki Nakajima 1993 Toru Suzuki 276 −12 1 stroke Tsuneyuki Nakajima Masashi Ozaki 1992 Chen Tze-chung 277 −11 Playoff Masashi Ozaki 1991 Masashi Ozaki (4) 277 −11 Playoff Ryoken Kawagishi 1990 Naomichi Ozaki 273 −11 1 stroke Yoshinori Kaneko 1989 Tateo Ozaki 279 −9 Playoff Naomichi Ozaki 1988 Tōru Nakamura 240 −12 4 strokes Nobuo Serizawa 1987 Masashi Ozaki (3) 204 −12 5 strokes Namio Takasu 1986 Masashi Ozaki (2) 279 −9 1 stroke Masahiro Kuramoto 1985 Kazushige Kono Masahiro Kuramoto Payne Stewart 209 −7 Title shared 1984 Shinsaku Maeda 278 −10 1 stroke Tateo Ozaki 1983 Masashi Ozaki 288 E Playoff Masahiro Kuramoto 1982 Teruo Sugihara 275 −13 3 strokes Norio Suzuki 1981 Nobumitsu Yuhara 284 −4 1 stroke Takaaki Kono 1980 Isao Aoki (2) 277 −11 1 stroke Seve Ballesteros 1979 Kuo Chie-Hsiung 248 −4 Playoff Yasuhiro Funatogawa 1978 Kesahiko Uchida 281 −7 Playoff Katsuji Hasegawa Shoji Kikuchi Gene Sarazen Golf Classic 1977 Isao Aoki 277 −15 5 strokes Shinsaku Maeda
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External links Japan Golf Tour's Official site Home page of the Jun Classic C.C.